Railway-track construction.



'Iz M. WHEELER.

RAILWAY TRACK CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.8, 1918.v

1,296,348.; I Batented'Mar. 4,1919.

' "II/'1 l U 'f1-1D STATES; imm orma JOHN'M. wHEnLERQoF CADIZ, omo.

RAILWAYQTRACK COSTRUCTION.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known thatI, JOHN NI. WHEELER,

This invention relatesV to an improved `railway track construction and has as its primary object` to provide an arrangement wherein the track rails will be rigidly supported at their meeting ends to accordingly eliminate relative vertical movement of the ends and consequent breaking of the rai s.

The invention has as a further object to provide a construction wherein no structural change will be required in the rails or fish plates at the rail joints.

A still further obj ect of the invention is to provide an arrangement wherein the fish plates at each rail joint will be supported at their ends by ties and wherein a tie will also be disposed immediately beneath the meeting ends of the rails.

And the invention has as a still further obs ject to provide a construction wherein the joint supporting ties will be sustained beneath the rail joints by sleepers disposed to extend longitudinally of the track rails projecting at opposite sides of each of the joints.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds. In the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a portion of a railway track constructed in accordance with the present invention, and

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation more particularly illustrating the disposition of the joint supporting ties and the sustaining sleeper beneath the adjacent ends thereof.

In carrying the invention into effect I employ parallel track rails 10 and 11. Each of these rails is formed with suitable joints and in the drawings I have shown a typical rail joint wherein the rails at their meeting ends are connected by sh plates 12 secured by bolts or other suitable fastening devices 13 in the customary manner. Supporting the rails are spaced parallel cross ties 14: of

i specification of Letters Patent.

' ceding description,

, Patented Mai-. 4,1919.

Application filed August 8, 1918. Seria1No.24=8,966;

wood or other approved material. lArt each of the rail joints I employ a set of joint supporting ties 15, 16 and 17 respectively, three such ties being shown in connection with the typical raill joint illustrated. These ties are similar to thetieslli and, 'as will now be observed upon particular reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings, the ties 15 and 16 are disposed beneath the endsv of the sh plates 12 of the joint while the tie 17 is disposed immediately beneath the meeting ends of the yrails intermediate ofthe ends of the fish plates.' This disposition of the joint supporting ties is preferably preserved at each of the rail joints of the track and in employing the invention in diEerent track constructions wherein the fish plates vary in length,l the ties 15 and 16 may be arranged either farther apart or closer together in order to lie beneath the ends of the fish plates at each of the rail joints while the tie 17 will be disposed between the ties 15 and 16, as illustrated in the drawings, immediately beneath the meeting ends of the rails. Sunk into the track bed at each of the rail joints is a sleeper 18. This sleeper may be formed of an ordinary cross tie or may be specially constructed to be either longer or shorter than an ordinary tie. As will be inferred from the foregoing, the sleepers may be formed of wood, cement or .other approved material and, as illustrated in connection with the typical sleeper 18 shown, are arranged at the rail joints to extend longitudinally of the track rails in the planes thereof sustaining the adjacent end portions of each set of joint supporting ties. The length of the sleepers may be varied, of course, in order to obtain the best results, but, as shown in connection with the sleeper 18, are preferably of a length to extend at opposite sides of each set of joint supporting ties beneath adjacent cross ties 14 of the track for thus also supporting such of said cross ties and consequently rigidly sustaining the end portions of the rails for some distance at each side of each of the rail joints.

As will now be seen in view of the prethe sleepers 18 will rigidly sustain the sets of joint supporting ties at the end portions thereof lying be neath the rail joints. Consequently, the ties 15 and 16, as shown in connection with the set illustrated, will rigidly support the fish plates 12 at the ends thereof while the tie 17 Will rigidly support the fish plates intermediate of their ends and will also support the rails directly "beneath their meeting ends. Sagging of the .rails-at the joints therebetween Will thus'be prevented and relative vertical movement of the rail ends- 'overcome fso that-breaking of-'therails from this cause will be eliminated. Furthermore, since the end portions of the rails Will :be 'rigidly ysustained by the sleepersfand adjacent crosszties of the track wat opposite sides Jof eachV of the rail. j oints,fany. tendency of the: rolling f stock to excessivelyjpound the rails immediatelyiat each side yoit-the rigidly supported joints Will'. also loe overcome.

yHaving .thus --described the invention, What `is claimed vas-.nevv is:

In railway track construction including parallel track 'rails each f havingL-joints, and

fj'oint' supporting ties hunched at each of ,the,-`oints.=andincluding a tie disposed beneat the meeting ends of adjacent rails,

and ties disposed at opposite sides of the 'iirstrtieanfdilying close thereto,

andfsleepers extending;longitudinally of the rails beneath adjacent ends of the joint supporting ties of said sets and centeredwith'respect theretorat v`the frailyj-ointsifor;supporting-said ends oithev tiesffcf. the; sets adjacentgthe; .j-ointsffbhe sleepers 'being independent fof said ysets-of joint supporting ties @and terminating `1 beyond -f thecross :ities-fof the track f lying immediately Yat Qpposite :sides @of the l sets 'of; joint supporting ties.

LInstest-imony Where()flzaiizct my signature.

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